Act 1- Scene 3

1. Describe the setting at the opening of Scene 3.

It is a terrible stormy night in a street in Rome, with intense thunder and
lightning.
2. What were the unusual events that had been taking place?
1. A man's hand was on fire, but he didn't get burned.
2. A lion was walking near the Capitol.
3. Men on fire were walking through the streets.
4. An owl was hooting in the marketplace at noon.
3. How did Cassius explain these unusual events?
Cassius said that the gods were warning Rome that Caesar was going to
destroy them.
4. What does Casca tell Cassius he has heard about the Senate's plans for
the next day?
The Senate was planning to crown Caesar king.
5. What does Cassius say he will do if Caesar becomes king?
Cassius says that he will kill himself.
6. Who does Cinna want to join the conspiracy?
Cinna wants Brutus to join the conspiracy.
7. Why do the conspirators think it is important for Brutus to join them?
The conspirators know that Brutus and his family are highly respected
and the Roman people will go along with Brutus' decisions and actions.
8. What does Cassius tell Cinna to do with the forged letters?
Cassius tells Cinna to put one on Brutus' chair, throw one through
Brutus' window, and attach one on the statue of Brutus' ancestor
9. Why does Cassius have the letters delivered to Brutus?
 Cassius wants to make Brutus think that Roman citizens are asking him
to take action against Caesar.
10.Indeed , it is a strange disposed time but men may construe things after
their fashion clear from the purpose of the things themselves
Casca and Cicero meet on a Roman street. Casca says that though he has
seen many terrible things in the natural world, nothing compares to the
frightfulness of this night’s weather. He wonders if there is strife in heaven or
if the gods are so angered by mankind that they intend to destroy it. Casca
relates that he saw a man with his hands on fire, and yet his flesh was not
burning. He describes meeting a lion near the Capitol: but, the lion ignored
him and walked on. Many others have seen men on fire walking in the streets,
and an owl, was seen sitting out in the marketplace during the day. When so
many abnormal events happen at once, Casca declares, no one could possibly
believe that they are natural occurrences. Casca insists that they are alarms of
danger ahead. Cicero replies that men will interpret things as they will:
“Indeed it is a strange-disposèd time; / But men may interpret things after
their fashion. Cicero asks if Caesar is coming to the Capitol the next day; Casca
replies that he is. Cicero departs, warning that it is not a good atmosphere in
which to remain outside.

11.“He sits high in all people’s hearts and that which would appear offence
in us his countenance, like richest alchemy will change to virtue and to
worthiness”. Comment
A conspirator named Cinna enters. Cassius now reveal his latest scheme
in his plot to build opposition against Caesar: the conversion of Brutus.
Cassius gives Cinna the letters he has forged to place in Brutus’s chair in the
Senate, and others to throw through Brutus’s window and place on Brutus’s
statue. Cassius claims that Brutus has already come three-quarters of the way
toward turning against Caesar; he hopes the letters will bring him the rest of
the way around. Casca comments that the noble Brutus’s participation in their
plot will bring worthiness to their schemes, for “he sits high in all the people’s
hearts, His existance will make it easy for people to accept the coming-
following incidents